30 April 2012
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Erin Blake
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When the Swann Auction Gallery catalog for the March 15 sale crossed my desk, I flipped through as usual, looking for things that might fit the Folger’s collection development policy. I wasn’t paying too much attention, since it was primarily … Continue reading
19 April 2012
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Heather Wolfe
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The Folger has recently acquired some interesting hybrid books; that is, books which consist of a mixture of thematically-connected printed, manuscript, and graphic material gathered from a variety of sources into a single binding. Sidney scholar and Folger reader Margaret … Continue reading
16 April 2012
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Rhea DeStefano
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Tinsel prints are a unique English art form from the early and mid-19th century. They are typically composed of metal foils, fabric scraps, leather, feathers, and any other suitable material glued onto printed portraits of actors and actresses. Theatrical tinsel … Continue reading
12 April 2012
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Georgianna Ziegler
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[This post was first delivered as a talk at the 2012 conference of the Shakespeare Association of America as part of a session called "The Once and Future Performance Archive."] The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC opened in 1932. It … Continue reading
5 April 2012
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Jim Kuhn
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While work continues to add to the Folger Digital Image Collection, and new finding aids continue to be added to the Folger Finding Aid Database, staff and interns are also busy upgrading existing finding aids with links to digital images. … Continue reading
3 April 2012
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Erin Blake
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Following up on Sarah’s What’s that? post from last week, full marks to everyone who said “fore-edge painting” (also acceptable, though less to the point, “1631 x 401 pixel digital image” and “Wilton House“). Here’s the same image, not cropped … Continue reading